queensmith:
missclassy has little or no exposure to classy Nigerian 'ladies'

I suggest you minimize your visits to nail stalls in ketu as observation posts for the females.

queensmith:

On my assumption that the OP was a sensible poster I was actually about to write a decent response I learnt from a book I read. I'll save that for another day.

queensmith:

but to match my personal experience with yours - I'd say even in the face of Nigerian being 100% patriarchal society I have encountered more intelligent, ambitious, fiercely educated NIGERIAN women than I have men.

Borrussia:
This statement is an excerpt of how a dumb mind reason. Were talking about how Nigerian girls don't participate in anything intellectual and educative and you're talking about lecture halls and George Bush. Does that even make sense to you?

Missonas:
Why is everyone making assumptions from debates and discussions especially the ones that goes on via the internet.Look around in the real world and draw your conclusions.I am yet to see something a man can do that a woman cannot do.That we do not parade our intellect don't make us dumb.Din't they say we are meant to be seen and not heard?

Borrusia:
Ranging from music to sport, government, science and technology, invention, career seeking and every possible occupations that humans engage it, tell me the exact field dominated by the females?

kunletiwoo:

Are you for real?

Bonethugss:


Even using Nigerias ministerial slot has a random case study, how many male ministers have made A lasting impact, the average Nigerian can remember names like Oby Ezekwesily, Okonjo, Dora to mention a few, still the most active and intelligent ministers till date.

tosyne2much:
I have been anticipating your comment

Majority of Nigerian ladies are mentally lazy. However, they always blame their mental laziness on house chores and so on

One of the reasons why they don't engage in brain tasking exercise. E.g, scrabble, puzzle, intellectual arguments or debate

Borrusia:
It is quite obvious and peculiar that it is only the so called feminist that failed to acquiesce themselves to the fact that men are the most ultimate and special species in the milky way vis-a-vis somewhat blindly prolly to defend their over-bloated ego.

Who invented law, cars, electricity, fridge, shoes, clothes, houses, stove, gas-cooker, softdrinks and alcohol, plane, bicycle, accommodation of pets, space explore, computers, cell-phone, education, biro, and every damned thing Human can't do without! Is it females?

Though females to are smart and unique in their own ways, but if placed on a juxtaposition with the masculine gender; the result will be handicapped.

Even the bra, pants and sanitary pad worn by ladies were made by men.. Hehehe

KingTom:
Ah but while Lee is busy studying and making fake phones. Chima is working hard, shipping out Lee's fake phones to all parts of the world and making cool cash, at the same time Lee spends all his time begging his dad Zhou for money to do some research, while Chima is busy banging sense out of Liu, Lee's sister, in return Chima uses Liu's money to expand his business, soon Chima returns home and buys you 10 brand new SUV'S, marries The beautiful virgin Adaeze, while Lee is still in his white collar job, manufacturing fake spare parts for a greedy boss!! Between the two, who is smarter?

queensmith:


Dominance is the very problem women are facing and is the reason for the OPs unreasonable suggestion.

Male domination in the roles you have mentioned are a direct impact of female oppression which modern times are only beginning to circumvent.

You cannot because men dominate Nigerias political scene assume women are not intelligent - the facts here are that women are not given the same opportunity and nothing to do with intelligence. An intelligent society (i.e those that are not dominated on a basis of Gender) has the ability to exploit potential regardless of gender.

This is no topic for ignorant nitwits making baseless assumptions from listening to Nigerian radio - this is a topic taken on by the best and brightest of social scientists and philosophers.

queensmith:

Perhaps, men are allowed to do it and so are we.

A woman has said she never sees women involved in intelligent conversations and suggests due to that fact, that Nigerian men are more intelligent than the women.

Apart from the fact that women are traditionally at a disadvantage due to our culture and traditions - Nigerian women have proven to ruthless in professional achievement and educational attainment. Those of us that attended the best schools in the world (especially as a Nigerian woman) will tell you Nigerian women are easier to find than men in these institutions.

Because you don't find them lined up on Allen or fixing their nails in Ketu doesn't mean they don't exist, and because they have little to no interest in Nairaland or lack the opportunity to delve into politics doesn't mean they are nowhere to be found.

Not to say we cannot debate facts to determine whether a certain gender is inherently daft in comparison, but it cannot be done intelligently with the OPs flimsy opinions kmt.

rabbuy:
All i know is when a lady is given the chance she does more excellently... Not like am in the side of girls but i have observed this in various instances where i was left in awe of how they do it.. But the thing is most ladies re indolent but the few who are industrious and determine are always more successful and that's what turns me on #beautywithbrains

AncientJerk:
The opinion of the o.p is perfectly reasonable and does have some body of supporting evidence. I have personally observed that the vast majority of well educated girls not only do not have much knowledge but are also quite disinterested in acquiring knowledge of certain topics most especially political ones. Given the fact that politics is pretty much inextricably linked with our day to day lives, i have wondered why women are so generally disinterested in it.

I usually generally only talk (on a deeper level) with university educated ladies/young ladies and i usually always throw them a test question on a political subject or on something that pertains to every day life. On one occasion, i asked this girl "what do you think of the situation in Gaza?" (during the last major conflict) and she replied asking me what Gaza was. This was a medical student. However that's not to say that all male students her age would be completely clued in on such topics but to be that uninformed is inexcusable in my opinion. This young lady went further to state proudly that the she only reads news on subjects such as the lifestyles of the rich and famous. I was appalled but then began to observe a trend. Most girls do not have anything very tangible to say when you ask them questions about their future and how they plan to change the world. I have come up with following stereotyped observation that may explain this behavior.

1. Nigerian ladies are more self centered and thus serious issues which do not directly affect them are of less interest to them. More so when they are being provided for by a husband or father.

2. Nigerian ladies have the underlying assumption that certain things are a man's job.

3. Nigerian ladies no matter how educated they are, tend to hold on to their beauty (if they have any) as their source of sustenance. A Nigerian lady no matter how rich and powerful she is (especially while young) will always aim to get married to someone richer than her if she has good looks.

4. Our male-dominant culture reinforces this paradigm.

Understand that the point here is not that women are not intelligent or that women are not capable of high performance in demanding situations; the point is that women largely do not show interest nor insight into the less academic everyday affairs of life where "street smarts" are of greater value than "book smarts"

lastly do remember that stereotypes exist because a significant number of the population have exhibited the stereo-typed trait; however, there will always be exceptions to the rule which do not negate the rule.

Woooooooow !!!

Bros, abeg wetin you dey drink ?

tkcosby02:
most ladies are less outspoken but the few ones among do it perfectly even more than guys.

Borrusia:
It is quite obvious and peculiar that it is only the so called feminist that failed to acquiesce themselves to the fact that men are the most ultimate and special species in the milky way vis-a-vis somewhat blindly prolly to defend their over-bloated ego.

Who invented law, cars, electricity, fridge, shoes, clothes, houses, stove, gas-cooker, softdrinks and alcohol, plane, bicycle, accommodation of pets, space explore, computers, cell-phone, education, biro, and every damned thing Human can't do without! Is it females?

Though females to are smart and unique in their own ways, but if placed on a juxtaposition with the masculine gender; the result will be handicapped.

goodmorning40:
No women are jars of knowledge, it's just that they are busy humans they have a lot of things acting in them and on them that they do not have time for arguments and opinions unlike guys who are always idle minded and free headed
And that is why crime is more in the guy folks; idle minds

missclasssy:


First of all its clear that you are looking at my view from the standpoint that I have already concluded that men are more intelligent and "knowledgeable" than women.
I never said I was of that opinion, I just asked a question.

You also got my other statement wrong. I didn't say men where making intelligent contributions in sections like politics and religion, I only said that from observation, I noticed that most ladies don't engage in intellectual discourse in those sections.

Missonas:

Yea plus u should quote me with examples

Vickybee:
Well, i'm an exception.

daveP:
minus the bolded. They engage, but few have it in them.

missclasssy:
This question has really been bothering me for quite some time. From my observation, it seems guys tend to me more versatile and knowledgeable in a lot of areas than ladies.

In public settings, you hardly find women making reasonable arguments and discussions, its just mindless chit-chats and gossip, unlike guys who argue important facets of life like philosophical concepts and politics.

I stayed in the girls hostel in school and I hardly ever witnessed a reasonable argument or discourse.
Even here on Nairaland, I have noticed the same thing. On the religion and politics section for instance, you rarely see ladies involving in intelligent discourse and arguments. Just few.

I stay in lagos and I listen to the radio a lot.
There are particular programs I enjoy listening to such as,
~ Chat station with Nelly
~Morning crossfire, both on Nigeria info 99.3.
A lot of intelligent and educative discussions on various topics are being held on these programs but you find out that 95% of the contributions are made by men.

Why is all this so?. Is it that ladies are scared to share their opinions or they just aren't as wise and knowledgeable as the guys?

Borrusia:
This is what I call diversion of the supposed question I asked you, your tete wouldn't have been necessitated if you are logical rather than emotional to the fact that your points are baseless and you're only coming up with a prejudice tirade- much to my chagrin.

There is no law that stated that female should be in recluse from intellectual stuffs regarding our daily lives, not even with the feminine high populations, we have myriad of un-intelligent girls that are birds of a plumage, and their only worries are fashion, gossips and celebrities; we both know I'm right so don't try to defend this point. So tell me how this is contributing to the development of our society?

iPrevail:


Lol...

I believe that in a century or two all these is bound to change, when intellectually-dearth species of females have gone extinct.
Somehow I don't fault them, women were deprived of the kind of exposure men had because they were considered weak and inferior.. I'm sure I don't need to lecture you what collective opinion can do to a person's character.
Now we have women making breakthrough in technology and science... Imagine this had happened centuries ago.. We probably wouldn't be having this argument.